Nigeria

  • Jul 3, 2013
  • 2 min read

Interest in Nigerian debt belies fiscal fragilities

Yesterday Nigeria issued new 5- and 10-year eurobonds totalling 1 billion dollars; jointly the...

Nigeria
  • Jun 25, 2013
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Somali piracy analogies of limited use for West Africa

A leaders' summit held in Cameroon yesterday called for an international naval force to be...

West Africa
  • Jun 13, 2013
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Nigerian and African markets face asset bubble risk

The World Bank's Global Economic Prospects report yesterday largely maintains projections for...

Africa
  • Jun 4, 2013
  • 11 min read

Regional hegemons limit Africa's economic integration

Political and economic integration within sub-Saharan Africa's sub-regions has for decades been...

Africa
  • Jun 4, 2013
  • 2 min read

Africa's retail sector trends may require review

Market media yesterday reported the outgoing head of Nestle's Nigeria operations expressing...

Africa
  • May 31, 2013
  • 7 min read

Shallow finance sectors inhibit African central banks

Central banks in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) typically responded with countercyclical policies to...

Africa
  • May 31, 2013
  • 2 min read

Hezbollah probably has no Nigeria Boko Haram link

Nigeria's state security service yesterday claimed that a well-equipped armoury found in northern...

Nigeria
  • May 30, 2013
  • 2 min read

Local factors will limit West Africa radical Islam

Ghana's President John Dramini Mahama was quoted in BBC reports today as stating that the entire...

West Africa